Corporate events in New York

The attendees have all left, the VIPs have been whisked away, the room has been broken down and the final paperwork has been completed. We event planners/producers work so incredibly hard to make each function a success, and when it’s over, there’s no doubt an emotional release – and yes, a relief as well!

I don’t know what happens at other NYC corporate event entertainment and team building companies, but at TrivWorks, we have established a pretty consistent routine over the years for what to do once the event is officially done. I view it as a vital part of the overall event process, one which is designed not just to reward my own team and let off steam, but to use as a part of the essential feedback loop to assess how the event went.

Nearly all of our events are private corporate parties in Manhattan, often held in the evening – so once we’re out of there the entire TrivWorks team will usually make our way over to a local restaurant and have dinner. I pick up the tab; one of the unwritten perks of working our gigs is that dinner & drinks are included – it’s a way for me to sincerely show my appreciation to my hard-working colleagues, but also a great opportunity for us all to actually relax and socialize/talk about the event, since things can get a bit hectic during the gig, and we don’t have much opportunity to chitchat.

Everyone orders, we clink glasses and say “cheers” to a gig well-done, and then I will ask the same series of questions I ask immediately after every event we do: “How did it go? What went well? What didn’t go well? Is there anything we could have done to make the event better, go more efficiently, be more enjoyable for the client?” Nobody will provide better feedback than the team who just went through the experience, and there is no better time to ask these types of questions than right after the event has concluded, and it’s fresh in everyone’s mind.

Luckily, I have the tremendous fortune of being surrounded at work by smart people whom I have an excellent rapport with – they won’t just tell me what I want to hear, that the event was perfect and I was brilliant and that everyone was happy. If something didn’t go over well, they’ll say so – if there was a better way something could have been done, they will be quick to tell me (and if I’m being overly hard on myself for something I perceived to have not gone perfectly, they will set me straight as well).

When the meal is over, we will each go our separate ways – but not without everyone giving/getting a round of hugs first. I’ll jump in a cab back to Brooklyn, often packing in any other folks residing in the borough with me. By the time I get home, I’ll usually crash – but not before re-telling the entire event from start to finish to my wife, who always asks: “How’d it go?”